Source: International Business Times
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (R), accompanied by Unitree Robotics CEO Wang Xingxing (3rd R) visits a showroom of Unitree Robotics products in Hangzhou, in eastern China's Zhejiang Province on February 26, 2026. Getty Images Humanoid robots may be getting better at walking, dancing and even performing martial arts, but the breakthrough that makes them genuinely useful in everyday life could still be as much as a decade away, according to Unitree Robotics founder Wang Xingxing. Speaking at the World Robot Conference in Beijing on Thursday, Wang said the robotics industry's equivalent of a "ChatGPT moment" would arrive when a robot could be placed inside an unfamiliar home and successfully perform about 80% of requested tasks using only voice or text instructions.
